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At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.
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Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to be quite true.
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Lexicographer: a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words.
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We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we have something to say, but all the words in all the dictionaries will not suffice when we have nothing to say and want desperately to say it.
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